Reduction in inpatient length of stay and changes in mental health care in Israel over four decades: A national case register study

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 240-247

  Levinson, Daphna ^a   Lerner, Yaacov ^b   Lichtenberg, Pesach ^c,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b JDC   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; REGISTER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; CLASSIFICATION; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 1642320185     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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